"Red Fury” won four of her five European Championship finals.
The head coach of the Spanish national teamLuis de la Fuenteand his players commented on the victory atEuro 2024.
In the final of the continental tournament, which took place in Germany, the “Red Fury” defeated England with a score of 2:1.
“I couldn't be happier. We are a real team, European champions. I am more and more proud of them (the players – ed.) every day. Thank you for the support from all corners of Spain. They (the national team players – ed.) are the best in the world. I have said this before and I still think so. But we can become even better,” the official UEFA website quotes the 63-year-old Spanish specialist as saying.
Mikel Oyarzabal, scorer of the winning goal in the Euro 2024 final: “I accomplished my task: I managed to score the ball. When you are lucky with a goal, that’s the best thing. I had a difficult period due to injury, so this joy is special because , what I had to go through. It was my turn to score, but this is a victory for everyone. “
Nico Williams, scorer of the first goal in the Euro 2024 final and man of the match against England: “We still don’t fully understand what we did. Tomorrow we will return to Spain and we will be able to enjoy it with the fans who have always given us love and warmth. We have created history I feel euphoric, very happy. All our people deserve this: our families, our fans. Now we will focus on the World Cup. England have players who can turn the game around, but we were able to fight back. Nobody can beat us – in the sense that we have a great team.”
Rodri, best player of Euro 2024: “We made history, defeating four former world champions along the way. We passed the most difficult selection sieve, which shows the mentality of the team. Many of us were champions at the under-17, under-19, under-21 levels years… De la Fuente knew what he was doing. This is probably the best day of my career. We are European champions, no matter how difficult it was. We became the most successful national team in Europe. Previous generations paved this way for us. like in life: when you give your all to the last, it is rewarded.”
Spain won the European Championship for the fourth time in history and became the absolute record holder in this indicator, beating by one title Germany.
The Red Fury played in the Euro finals for the fifth time. In 1964, the Spaniards defeated the USSR national team in the final (2:1), in 1984 they lost to France (0:2), in 2008 they beat Germany (1:0), and in 2012 they defeated Italy in Kiev (4 :0).
England reached the European Championship final for the second time in history, but again failed to win the trophy. In the decisive match of the previous Euro, which took place in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Gareth Southgate's team lost to the Italians in a penalty shootout (1:1, pen. 2:3).
It became known earlierwho was recognized as the best player of Euro 2024.
